Newlyweds silhouetted against a Pacific sunset in San Diego.

San Diego Wedding Photographer & Videographer

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER & VIDEOGRAPHER — SAN DIEGO · ORANGE COUNTY · LOS ANGELES

One photo-and-film team that already knows San Diego

Your wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime celebration – a day when all your best friends and family come together in one place.

Wedding films around $5,000.

Share your date and location for a personalized quote. Confirm coverage and any travel costs before booking.

Film still from Janetta & Jose at 27 Acres Estate.

Does any of this sound familiar?

You've scrolled a hundred photographer portfolios, and they've started to blur together — pretty, but would any of it feel like you?

You love the idea of candid, unposed photos. You also have no idea what to do with your hands.

Everyone you love, in one room, for one day — and you want to actually be there for it, not manage it.

You won't get these moments back — so we make sure you never have to.

With both professional photography and cinematic videography handled by one team, you’ll be able to relive your wedding day over and over – and even share it with your future children and grandchildren decades from now

REAL SAN DIEGO EXPERIENCE

San Diego light, weather, and coastline are familiar ground.

Coverage runs from La Jolla's cliffs to the garden estates of East County. We've filmed vows above Sunset Cliffs at golden hour and photographed a garden ceremony in the Alpine hills.

One coordinated team works from one timeline, so your photographs and film tell the same story without making you repeat the day for two crews.

Janetta & Jose at 27 Acres Estate

In the mountains of Alpine, rolling hills, gardens, and wide East County views became part of their wedding record while their vows and the voices around them stayed at the center.

Ethan & Kirsten at Sunset Cliffs

They said their vows on the cliffs of Point Loma as the sun dropped toward the Pacific. We planned for the coastal light, wind, and sound so the place felt present without taking over.

The Engagement Session Promise

Choosing a photographer from a website is nearly impossible — there are hundreds of good ones, and they all look the same on a screen. So don't choose from a website. Come shoot with us first, at no cost. If you don't love your engagement photos, don't hire us for the wedding. No invoice, no hard feelings, no follow-up pressure.

Every couple who has taken us up on this has booked the wedding. We're not worried either.

Check Your Date
Kayla and Brandon hold one another above the Palos Verdes shoreline.
Kayla and Brandon embrace beyond coastal grasses with the Pacific behind them.

All-In-One Convenience

Hiring us means one coordinated team handling both photo and video. That’s fewer vendors to manage and a cohesive style across your wedding gallery and film.

Book photography and film together and you save $1,000 — and your engagement session is included.

One team means one contract, one timeline, and one consistent style — and because one team genuinely costs less to run, booking both puts $1,000 back in your budget. Your engagement session comes with it.

How this works

  1. Check your date. Tell us when and where — we'll send the full pricing and availability guide within two business days.
  2. Meet us first. A consultation or your engagement session, so you know exactly how it feels to have us around before you commit to anything.
  3. Live your wedding. We’ll handle capturing it.
Kayla laughs while Brandon holds her from behind above the coast.

Don't choose us from a website. Come shoot with us first, at no cost. Love your engagement photos, or don't book us for the wedding — no invoice, no hard feelings.

It’s hard to know who to choose. Try us out in an engagement session at no cost. Don’t like your engagement photos? Don’t hire us for your wedding! We’re not worried because everyone who has taken us up on this offer has hired us for their wedding.

One team for both means fewer vendors to manage, one timeline, and one look across your gallery and your film. We’ll help you plan your wedding so that you get the photos and videos you deserve.

Included engagement photography to help you understand what your wedding day will feel like. We’ll make sure you feel comfortable in front of the camera.

Tell us your date, your venue, and what you're dreaming of. We'll send the full pricing and availability guide to your inbox within two days — real numbers, no "starting at" games. Then, if it feels right, your engagement session is the next step.

Tell us what you’re dreaming up

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Services Interested In

Photography, film, or both—we’ll tailor the conversation to your day.

We're not the cheapest option for a Southern California wedding, and we won't pretend to be. Investment starts at $4,000 for photography and $7,000 for photography and videography. You're trusting us with the one day that can't be re-shot — that's where the money goes.

Hi, I'm J.D.

— the teacher-turned-videographer-and-photographer behind Wildwood Wedding Films & Photography. Since 2019 I've captured 150+ weddings across the West Coast, and before that I spent my career in classrooms from Texas to the Bronx — which is why nothing on your wedding day will rattle me. When I'm not filming, I'm belaying my twin daughters at the climbing gym. I'd love to hear what you're planning.

More about J.D. →
J.D. Goldstein films among white wildflowers.

REAL COUPLE RAVE REVIEWS

Kayla turns with a joyful smile on a Southern California bluff.
“We loved having JD do our wedding video. He even came early and captured amazing interviews, rallied the crowd before the ceremony, and provided all the footage super quick after the wedding. We're so happy we chose wildwood!”
— Sarah Monday
“Wildwood provided the videography for my daughters wedding. We have just received all the videos and they are amazing. They did a wonderful job of capturing the entire day from getting ready through the reception. If you are looking for someone to capture your wedding day perfectly, I would highly recommend Wildwood. You will have memories to last a lifetime.”
— Cheryl Mohr
“JD was awesome and so talented! He truly captured every magical moment on our special day and our wedding video is amazing. He is so professional and kind, highly recommend wildwood wedding films!”
— Brittney Witmer
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Newlyweds silhouetted against a Pacific sunset in San Diego.
Film still from Janetta & Jose at 27 Acres Estate.
Kayla and Brandon kiss through a soft veil of foreground foliage.
Film still from Ethan & Kirsten at Sunset Cliffs.
Champagne sprays as Kayla and Brandon laugh above the Pacific.
Film still from Janetta & Jose at 27 Acres Estate.

WEDDING EXAMPLES BY LOCATION

Explore Southern California weddings by place

We photograph and film weddings throughout Southern California, with real work in San Diego and the Los Angeles area.

From Sunset Cliffs and Point Loma to the garden estates of East County and the Palos Verdes coast — the venue changes, the keeping doesn't.

Tell us your date and Southern California venue, and we'll send availability and the detailed pricing guide.

No two of the 150+ weddings we've filmed look alike — because no two couples are. Your colors, your florals, your people: the film is built from what was actually there.

HEIRLOOM FILMS WITH INTERVIEWS

A cinematic treasure you’ll watch with your grandkids one day.

Ethan & Kirsten at Sunset CliffsYouTube

Whether you're planning a grand celebration in a San Diego ballroom or an intimate ceremony above the Pacific at Sunset Cliffs, we've got you covered. We blend in like a friend with a camera for most of the day (capturing all the organic, unscripted moments) and step up to guide you during portraits. The result? Genuine, documentary-style memories and stunning magazine-worthy images where you look confident and natural — even if you're camera-shy.

Heirloom Films with Interviews: Our highlight films aren’t just pretty videos – they’re family heirlooms. We interview your closest loved ones on camera to capture their stories and well-wishes (after all, you may never have all those friends and family in the same room again).

We’ll capture the one moment you won’t be present for on your wedding day. We’ll let them tell your love story.

If you’re up for it, we love interviewing couples, to learn how their love has changed them.

Because we shoot hybrid, we never point two identical cameras at the same moment. While one of us covers the details on photo and video at once, another is free to sit down with your Maid of Honor.

Then we weave those interviews together with your vows, toasts, and candid moments to tell your story. The final film is a cinematic treasure you’ll watch with your grandkids one day.